list.split not creating a properly functioning list

[Harlan Gilbert]

In this program

a = "Billy, Zac"
a = a.split(", ")

i = a.index("Zac")
a.remove("Zac")
i = a.index("Zac")

Both the index and remove functions throw an error:

TypeError: a.index is not a function

TypeError: a.remove is not a function

If I define

a = ["Billy", "Zac"]

[Harlan Gilbert]

Sorry, that got cut off:

If I instead define

a = ["Billy", "Zac"]              #This now works.  The problem is with the split function.

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[Bruce Sherwood]

Thanks for the report. It's odd, since this works properly:

a = "Billy, Zac"
print(a)

a = a.split(", ")

print(a)
print(a[0])
print(a[1])

Here is the output:

Billy, Zac
['Billy', 'Zac']
Billy
Zac

And this works properly:

a = ['Billy', 'Zac']

i = a.index("Zac")

print(i)
a.remove("Zac")
print(a)

i = a.index("Zac")

print(i)